No Strings *COMPLETE*

Chapter Nine

I wake up at 8 the next morning, with only an hour to spare before my first midterm of the day.

The house is quiet as I gather clothes and head to the bathroom for a quick shower. No one else has a test until 12, so Lilli, Alec, and Nathan are taking the opportunity to sleep in a little bit. Well.. that is, until i have to wake one of them up to take me to take me to the university.

I finish up my daily morning routine and go to Nathan's room, knocking on the door softly. No answer. Hmm... Well, I wouldn't want to wake Alec and Lilli. I crack open Nathan's bedroom door. "Nathan? Nathan, are you up?" He snores softly in response. I walk over to him, as he sleeps soundly. Awe, he's almost too cute to wake up... Almost.

I shake him lightly. "Nathan? Nate, wake up. I need you to take me to the school campus." H comes to, slightly groggy. "Coffee." He mumbles sleepily. I giggle. "There's a coffee shop on the wayyy." I sing. He opens one eye. "With expresso?" I nod. He sits up slowly. "Fiiine, I guess I'll take you." He says dramatically. He pulls the covers off of himself, revealing his bare torso. Hmmm...

He gets up and wonders over to his dresser, pulling a t-shirt out and yanking it over his head. Welp, there went my view. He's ready within minutes and we're out the door.

When we get to his car, he starts it up and heads to the coffee shop. Because... You know... Coffee is a necessity for us.

We pull into the drive thru of the 'GOOD 2 GO' coffee shop and wait impatiently. We watch as the black, jacked up Ford in front of us goes forward, giving us leadway to move up to the speaker. Nathan eases the car forward and a monotone voice blasts from the speaker. "Good to Go Coffee. How can I help you?" Nathan reaches over and grasps my hand softly. "Do you know what you want, Hon- Ski?" Did he almost call me Honey? Eh, I'm just hearing shit. "Black and Gold, please," I say, giving him a big, cheesy grin. He chuckles and places our order, rubbing the back of my hand softly with his thumb. What is this warm, fuzzy feeling? It's intoxicating.

The line moves forward quickly and before I knew it, I was handed my sugary bliss. I try to hand him a five dollar bill, but he shakes his head, refusing it. That little shit. I take a sip of my coffee, and smile thankfully at him.

Five minutes later we're pulling up to the Literary Arts Department.

"We'll we're here." Nathan says with a groggy smile. I try to let go of his hand, but he pulls me back and kissses me. We break apart and he's starts smling. "What was that for?" I ask. "Because I could." He smirks.

I grab my bag and open the door, getting out. As I'm walking up to the building I begin thinking about what just happened. The more I try wrap my head around what game he was playing, the more confused it made me. I dont get it... He's the one that wanted no strings, but yet... It almost seems like hid mind has changed completely. Has he started to catch feelings? Or am I just missing the big picture and I'm clueless?

I replay his words and actions in my mind over again. Oh fuck, Nathan's caught- "Oof!" I squeak, running right into somethingvery solid, and landing in my ass. "Fuck..." I groan and look up to see a very muscular hand in my line of view. "I am so sorry! Let me help you up." says a worried males voice.

I take his hand without thinking and before I knew it I was being lifted out of my sitting position like it was nothing. I catch his eye and everything after that was a blur. "My name is Kieran." and it echos on my brain. His crystal eyes are so mesmirizing. But his expression changed when he looks at my outfit. At first I thought it was because of what I was wearing, but when I looked down I notice that my coffee is spilt all over me and the ground.

I got so pissed that I grabbed my phone out of my bag and jam Nathan's number in. As it's ringing and I'm walking out to the parking lot, Kieran walks up to me and starts appologizing. Right then Nate answers the phone.

"Whats up beautiful? Class over already?" "No! It's not. Some jerk just spilt my coffee all over me! Will you come get me so I can change?!" Nathan hesitates  for about five seconds before answering. "Yeah, I'll be there in a second." He mumbles.

I shove my phone back into my bag and turn around to see Kieran still standing there."What are you looking at ?" I scream. "I...I didnt mean to make you mad..." "Well too late! You made me spill my coffee!! Now I have to go back home to change and shower, and I'm going to be late for my exams..." Kieran slowly puts his hands up and starts to back up. I can feel the heat coming off the back of my neck. Right then I hear Nathan's mustang  pull up behind me. I turn and see him sitting there. My anger rises more and more. I stalk to his car and slam the door when I get in.

"What was-" "And you! This all started because you cant control your god-damned sexual tendancies and you make me feel things I dont want to  fucking feel towards you!" I yell at Nathan without missing a beat. He sits there, frozen and staring wide-eyed at me. "Baby girl, I-" "Just take me home so I can change." Without another word, he pulls away from the curb and towards the house. We ride in silence.

The longer we rode in silence, the more I thought about apologizing. But this was his fault. He saught after me. He caught feelings. He made me feel things. He made Me fall for him god damn it! Ah shit...